Topic: Mortgage Revision

Posted on: Monday, March 8, 2010
Second Mortgage Push
Second Mortgage Push

Congressman Barney Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter last week to the to chief executive officers of Bank of America, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo, the four biggest US banks urging them in “the strongest possible terms to take immediate steps to write down these second mortgages.”

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Posted on: Monday, January 18, 2010
Loan Modifications Up
Loan Modifications Up

The Obama Administration’s Home Affordable Program, HAMP, had been heavily criticized for not doing enough to forestall foreclosures, which hit 2.8 million homeowners in 2009.

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Posted on: Friday, January 8, 2010
Rough Road Ahead
Rough Road Ahead

Although the final figures are not in, expect a record number of foreclosures again for 2009. In states that have revamped their foreclosure laws by mandating changes like lender borrower mediation, the trend has slowed significantly

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Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009
End of Sub 5% Refi?
End of Sub 5% Refi?

This past week, mortgage giant Freddie Mac’s survey showed that the average interest on a 30 fixed mortgage had inched up to 4.94%. Across the board, expect rates to then head up pushed by the expanding budget deficit, and inflation pressures caused by a rebounding economy

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Posted on: Friday, December 11, 2009
HAMP Ramps Up Slowly
HAMP Ramps Up Slowly

Treasury Homeownership Preservation Office Chief Phyllis Caldwell stated, “Our focus now is on working with servicers, borrowers and organizations to get as many of those eligible homeowners as possible into permanent modifications.”

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Posted on: Monday, November 23, 2009
New Financial Fraud Task Force
New Financial Fraud Task Force

The effort is a recognition that the complexity and depth of financial fraud now requires a more coordinated response from appropriate enforcement experts.

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Posted on: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
No FDIC Bailout - Help for Homeowners
No FDIC Bailout - Help for Homeowners
By Paul M. J. Suchecki
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The FDIC has been busy this year, seizing 95 banks, a substantial increase from the 25 banks taken over last year. Only 3 failed in 2007.

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Posted on: Monday, August 24, 2009
Who Will Answer the Phone?
Who Will Answer the Phone?

When it’s time to find help with your mortgage, start by calling your servicer directly or a firm it has hired to deal with the public. You should not have to pay anything up front to get assistance.

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Posted on: Thursday, August 6, 2009
Second Mortgage Modification Strategy
Second Mortgage Modification Strategy

If you are severely underwater, you might be able to convince the second mortgagor to release the lien and turn the loan into an unsecured personal loan.

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Posted on: Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Why is Making Home Affordable Falling Short?
Why is Making Home Affordable Falling Short?

Why is Making Home Affordable Falling Short? By most estimates, it has been applied to 5% of those eligible while a record 5.4 million American homeowners are now behind on their mortgage payments.

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